Posted on 12/11/2013 4:49:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
If there is one thing that eggnog lovers and eggnog haters have in common, it’s this: you HAVE to try it homemade. It’s an entirely new culinary creation once that yellow carton is removed. Once a nog-hater myself, I was hooked after one swig of the homemade version. This stuff is delicious.
When you make this from scratch, you get the true impact: this is a glass of drinkable boozed-up ice cream. With a ingredient list like “cream, milk, eggs, sugar, booze,” there really isn’t anything not to fall in love with. As long as take the ten minutes and make it from scratch, really, it’s very simple.
Although I may seem like a bit of a cocktail rogue by throwing beer into my nog, there is some evidence that adding beer may have been a rather common practice back in the early days of eggnog. After all, in the 17th century, “nog” was the word used to describe a strong beer. Although rum took the lead as the booze of choice for this holiday drink, and that quickly turned to the bourbon we usually see today, you really are free to booze as you choose when it comes to this yuletide cocktail.
If you decide that beer is your booze of choice (good call) look for a strong beer with lots of malt (malt equals sweet) and low hops. I used a barley wine, which despite its name isn’t a wine at all but a high-alcohol beer (usually 8-12% ABV). Specifically, I chose Backburner by Souther Tier. With a 10% ABV, plus beautiful notes of caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, and raisins, it was the perfect choice. And don’t worry, with only 5 ounces going into the nog, you’ll have plenty left over for that pint gla
Why destroy the beer?
Eggnog is pretty good, so long as you add enough Rum to get rid of that awful eggy taste!
You nailed it.
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Much better eggnog with good brandy/cognac.
Neither one deserves the other
Good beer should not be adulterated.
I live on the Bourbon Trail. It's what belongs in eggnog.
I’m not much of a beer drinker. Never tried the “High Gravity” brews with the exception of some vile product called Arrogant Bastard. I’ve grown fond of a fine Tennessee whisky and just can’t stand the thought of it any way but neat. Maybe one ice cube in my Single Barrel Select.
And old quote from the housekeeper in the series “Benson”, itself a spinoff from “Soap”.
And old quote from the housekeeper in the series “Benson”, itself a spinoff from “Soap”.
And old quote from the housekeeper in the series “Benson”, itself a spinoff from “Soap”.
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I live on the Bourbon Trail.
Is that near Whiskey River?
You know you’ve got enough rum when you can see through it.
Only in the last couple of hours. Bought some Walker's Egg Nog this afternoon. Not bad.
Beer is best drank as beer. Eggnog is fantastic with scotch or rum or a mixture thereof.
I disagree. Any brandy worth drinking is worth drinking straight. If I don’t want to drink it straight, I don’t want to drink it period. Blended scotches seem much less of a waste when mixed with eggnog.
Eggnog with beer??? No. And not rum, either. Brandy (or Kentucky bourbon, in a pinch).
In Mother Russia, during those global warming Syberian winters, the street corner kiosks which sell keychains, hair spray, two ruble perfumes, cigs and matches, souvenirs, tchochkis, fresh copies of Pravda and Isviestia, as well beverages such as beer, they’ll serve you hot beer with a raw egg and (optional) shot of raspberry juice in it. (Or they did at one time.)
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